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    My little ladies started eating there eggs this morning.

    Great advice everyone. I will take heed from all of you. The are getting oyster shells which I have mixed in with their 16% crumble. I am going to increase the bedding in the box. I think I will also add 1 or 2 fake eggs to see if that will coax them away from intentionally breaking their eggs...
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    My little ladies started eating there eggs this morning.

    When I went out to gather eggs this morning I noticed that two of them had been broken and partially eaten it appears to be. Being a rookie I'm curious to know what I can do to stop this behavior. I had recently move their coop. It was a tractor style coop and I moved it to a more permanent...
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    Young Hens and first Molt

    Thanks Happy Chooks Your answe to question #1 causes another question. I know continuing with the lights won't cause a molt, if I turn the light off suddenly will it throw them into a premature molt?
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    I can't get near my hens, and I want to make them more like pets.

    Great advice. Thank you,
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2015

    They do free range until dusk. Then I supplement their exposure to light with a light in there coop. Basically the light mimics long days of sunlight.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    My 3 Black Star hens are now 25 weeks old. They started laying about 4 weeks ago. At first two of them would lay and the other the following day. For the past week they are all consistently laying one egg a day!
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    I can't get near my hens, and I want to make them more like pets.

    Sigwaldo here again, The 3 hens I have were not handle as babies but raised with a bunch of other chickens. If I handle them do you think they will calm down and let me approach them and pet them? Thanks All!
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    Young Hens and first Molt

    Hey All I am very new to raising chickens. I have 3 wonderful gals that are producing eggs everyday day. They are getting between 14 to 16 hours of light via sunlight and artificial lighting. My questions are; 1. When should/will my hens start their first molt? In other words, if I keep the...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2015

    Rookie newbie question. My three ladies are about 25 weeks old. The are laying once a day. They get 14 to 16 hours of daylight each day. If I stop the lights will they go into a molt? Or are they to young to molt so soon?
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    Hello from S.E. Idaho

    My name is Dave. If you are trying to figure out my username let me help you out. I am am a Sig Sauer fan, hence the Sig. Years ago an employee told me I looked like Waldo. So SigWaldo was born. As far as chickens go I would say my knowledge is that of a 1st grader. But I am a quick learner. I...
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